And when the angel, God's messenger of destruction, stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, this being the moment of the appointed time, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough; stay now thine hand. As yet the scourge had not struck Jerusalem. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite, northeast of Zion, on the summit of Moriah.
Verse 2 Samuel 24:16. _THE ANGEL STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND UPON JERUSALEM_] By what means this destruction took place, we know not: it appears that an angel was employed in it, and that this minister of...
4. DAVID'S FAILURE: THE ALTAR ON THE THRESHING FLOOR OF ARAUNAH CHAPTER 24 _ 1. The numbering of the people (2 Samuel 24:1)_ 2. The sin acknowledged and Gad's message (2 Samuel 24:10) 3. The pesti...
1 SAMUEL 24. THE CENSUS (J). (_Cf._ p. 292.) This event also may belong to the beginning of David's reign over all Israel. 2 SAMUEL 24:1. Here is another illustration of the imperfect recognition of...
REPENTED. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. evil. Hebrew. _ra_. _a_ `. App-44. ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE. Perhaps spared in the taking of Jebus. See note on 2 Samuel 5:8....
The Plague 15. _even to the time appointed_ The meaning of these words, which are not found in Chron., is very doubtful. (1) The E. V. follows the Vulg. _usque ad tempus constitutum_. This would natur...
_the angel_ Angels are God's ministers in temporal judgment now, as well as in the final judgment hereafter. Cp. Exodus 12:23; Psa 78:49; 2 Kings 19:35; Acts 12:23;...
THE THRESHING PLACE OF ARAUNAH THE JEBUSITE— This was on mount Moriah, where the temple of Solomon was afterwards built....
_The Plague Stayed._ 2 Samuel 24:16-25 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It...
_AND WHEN THE ANGEL STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND UPON JERUSALEM TO DESTROY IT, THE LORD REPENTED HIM OF THE EVIL, AND SAID TO THE ANGEL THAT DESTROYED THE PEOPLE, IT IS ENOUGH: STAY NOW THINE HAND. AND THE...
THE NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE, AND ITS PENALTY In punishment for David's sin in numbering the people, God sends a pestilence, which slays 70,000 men. In gratitude for the stay of the plague, David erec...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 24 DAVID COUNTS THE *ISRAELITES V1 Again the *Lord was angry with *Israel. He made David cause trouble for the *Israelites. He said...
וַ יִּשְׁלַח֩ יָדֹ֨ו הַ מַּלְאָ֥ךְ ׀ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮...
CHAPTER XXXII. _ THE NUMBERING OF ISRAEL._ 2 Samuel 24:1 THOUGH David's life was now drawing to its close, neither his sins nor his chastisements were yet exhausted. One of his chief offences was co...
JUDGMENT STAYED BY SACRIFICE 2 Samuel 24:15 The pestilence swept through the land like cholera or the black death in modern times. At last it approached the Holy City. It seemed as if the angel of th...
The Book closes with one other picture, reminding us of the direct government of the people by God in that He visited the king and the nation with punishment for numbering the people. It has been obje...
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: (i) stay now thine hand. And t...
Areuna. Hebrew styles him, Araniah, (ver. 18.; Calmet) i being substituted for u, and placed after n. He is called Ornan, 1 Paralipomenon xxi. 18, (Haydock) and has the title of Jebusite, as he was or...
(16) And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
Chapter 24 leads us into a subject which requires particular notice. The wrath of God is kindled again against Israel. It is not in the mind of the Spirit to inform us on what occasion this took place...
AND WHEN THE ANGEL STRETCHED OUT HIS HAND UPON JERUSALEM TO DESTROY IT,.... Which, as it was perhaps the last place where the people were numbered, it was the last to which the plague came: this angel...
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the a...
_The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem_ Which he had begun to smite, and in which he was proceeding to make a far greater slaughter. This angel appeared in the shape of a man, with a sword d...
1 Dauid tempted by Satan, forceth Ioab to number the people. 5 The captaines in nine moneths and twentie dayes, bring the muster of eleuen thousand fighting men. 10 Dauid hauing three plagues propou...
The reason for God's anger burning against Israel (v.1) is not told us: if there is no public occasion for it, then it must be due to the moral and spiritual condition of the nation. Very likely that...
16,17 Perhaps there was more wickedness, especially more pride, and that was the sin now chastised, in Jerusalem than elsewhere, therefore the hand of the destroyer is stretched out upon that city; b...
THE ANGEL appeared in the shape of a man with a sword in his hand, 1 CHRONICLES 21:16, to convince them more fully that this was no natural nor common plague, but inflicted immediately by the hand of...
2 Samuel 24:16 angel H4397 out H7971 (H8799) hand H3027 Jerusalem H3389 destroy H7843 (H8763) LORD H3068 relent
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _ REPENT (_ See Scofield) - (Zechariah 8:14). _...
CONTENTS: David's sin in numbering the people. His choice of punishment. CHARACTERS: God, angel (Jesus), Joab, David, Gad, Araunah. CONCLUSION: God does not judge of sin as we do. What appears to us...
2 Samuel 24:1. _The Lord moved David._ He permitted Satan to stand up against Israel. 1 Chronicles 21:1. 2 Samuel 24:9. There were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and...
_So the Lord sent a pestilence._ THE PLAGUE STAYED It was time of peace and prosperity in Israel. King David’s rule had been blessed, and the people dwelt in safety. In the midst of this happy quiet...
_Go, number Israel and Judah._ DAVID NUMBERING THE PEOPLE I. The sin committed by David. It is possible that David dwelt with satisfaction upon the thought of his ample resources and numerous armies,...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 24:1 The Lord’s anger and David’s sin lead to a plague. It also leads to the purchase of a place of worship in Jerusalem. ⇐...
2 Samuel 24:1. “AGAIN,” Evidently referring to the famine mentioned in 2 Samuel 21:1. “ISRAEL.” Some special national guilt not specified must be here referred to. If, as most writers suppose, this oc...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 24:1 AND AGAIN THE ANGER OF JEHOVAH WAS KINDLED AGAINST ISRAEL. It is probable that this chapter once stood in intimate connection with 2 Samuel 21:1; and that the famine therein...
Chapter twenty four, Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, and number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host...
1 Chronicles 21:15; 1 Chronicles 21:16; 1 Kings 19:4; 1 Samuel 15:11;...